| CBB | Coomassie Brilliant Blue |
| CP | Core particle |
| GST | Glutathione S-transferase |
| HSQC | Heteronuclear single-quantum correlation |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| NOE | Nuclear Overhauser effect |
| PAC | Proteasome-assembling chaperone |
| RP | Regulatory particle |
| SC | Single-chain |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |